Patents by Inventor Michael J. Mullane

Michael J. Mullane has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7516576
    Abstract: Snow stop includes a base member, and a snow-restraining member. The snow stop can have a series of holes for ventilation of adhesive as well as for forming “glue-rivets” with cured adhesive, and can have slots (grooves) to the holes or boundary of the snow stop to assist in ventilating adhesive solvent. The holes and grooves also can provide for increased physical bonding with the adhesive and hence, roof. The base may be round with the snow-restrainer included in intersecting upstanding members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Berger Building Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Mullane
  • Patent number: 6996938
    Abstract: Snow stop includes a base member, and a snow-restraining member. The snow stop can have a series of holes for ventilation of adhesive as well as for forming “glue-rivets” with cured adhesive, and can have slots (grooves) to the holes or boundary of the snow stop to assist in ventilating adhesive solvent. The holes and grooves also can provide for increased physical bonding with the adhesive and hence, roof. The base may be round with the snow-restrainer included in intersecting upstanding members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Inventor: Michael J. Mullane
  • Patent number: 5570557
    Abstract: A roofing system has a sheet surface which may include standing ridges or batten ridges, and the sheet surface has a predetermined arrangement of three dimensional features in addition to the standing ridges or the batten ridges. A snow stop may be installed in conjunction therewith, and may have lower protrusions which may be generally complimentary thereto and/or a snow wedge so as to further help keep it from being disengaged by typical shear and/or peel forces after installation. Thus, for example, as with aluminum or steel standing seamed roofs, added fence type snow guards with their brackets and so forth can be avoided, and/or individual snow stops can be installed so as to have greatly increased holding power to the roofing surface, even in notable cases when applied by underskilled workers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Inventors: Janusz Kwiatkowski, Michael J. Mullane
  • Patent number: 5371979
    Abstract: A new snow stop includes a base, a support projecting from the base, and a restraining member attached to or made integral with and part of the support, wherein the base has a support opening therein, and the support is formed from a suitable foldable stock and is attached to the base, the support having a leg which projects upwardly from the base and which thrusts through the support opening of the base, and the support having a foot which lies underneath the base and which extends outwardly of the support opening of the base. A method to make the snow stop includes providing an intermediate restraining member and support having an extended leg with enough suitable foldable stock to provide a foot, inserting the extended leg of the intermediate through a support opening of a base, and folding the suitable foldable stock inserted therethrough to provide a foot of the support. Use of the snow stop can include attachment to a roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: M. J. Mullane Co.
    Inventors: Janusz Kwiatkowski, Michael J. Mullane
  • Patent number: D511451
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Inventor: Michael J. Mullane
  • Patent number: D455068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: M. J. Mullane Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Mullane
  • Patent number: D457423
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Inventor: Michael J. Mullane
  • Patent number: D475613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Inventor: Michael J. Mullane
  • Patent number: D419863
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: M.J. Mullane Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Mullane